Standard

Compact and powerful for everyday audio and video playback

Everything you need for common media files in a balanced package.

Playback includes examples such as:

• AVI, MKV, MP4, FLV, MPEG, MOV, TS, M2TS, WMV, RM, RMVB, OGM, WebM
• MP3, FLAC, M4A, AAC, OGG, 3GP, AMR, APE, MKA, Opus, Wavpack, Musepack
• DVD and Blu-ray (after decryption)
• plus many other formats

Includes useful features such as:

• HDR playback support
• Subtitle rendering
• GPU-accelerated decoding
• Audio bitstreaming
• Explorer thumbnails
• File association tools
• Broken codec detection
• and more

The package includes Media Player Classic Home Cinema (MPC-HC), a powerful player with advanced controls. Installation is optional, and you can still use any DirectShow-compatible player.

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Full

Everything from Standard, plus:

• MadVR
  Advanced renderer with high-quality scaling.
• 3D video decoding plugin (H.264 MVC)
  Requires MPC-HC with MadVR and compatible graphics drivers.

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Mega

Everything from Full, plus:

• ACM/VFW codecs such as x264VFW and Lagarith
  Used by editing/encoding tools like VirtualDub. Not required for playback.
• Bass Audio Source
  Decodes OptimFrog and Tracker audio formats.
• MPC Image Source
  Displays image formats in DirectShow apps.
• GraphStudioNext
  Create and test DirectShow graphs.
• ffdshow audio processor
  Optional audio processing filter.
• ffdshow video processor
  Optional video processing filter.

Note:
The pack does not expand the import support of professional editors like Adobe Premiere or Vegas. Those tools rely on their own codecs or Media Foundation.

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Basic

The Basic edition includes only essential DirectShow filters. It does not include a player and is ideal if you already use another DirectShow-compatible application.

Key components: LAV Video/Audio decoders, LAV Splitter, DirectVobSub, Codec Tweak Tool, and Icaros shell extensions.

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